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Chinese Lesson 3: Where do you live?

Sentence Pattern
你住在哪儿？(Nǐ zhù zài năr?)：Where do you live? Words
1.早上（zăoshàng）：[n]morning
2.住（zhù）：[v]to live
3.在（zài）：[prep]at
4.哪儿（năr)：[pron]where
5.一（yī）：[num]one
6.号（hào）：[n]number
7.宿舍楼（sùshèlóu）：[n]dormitory building
8.这些（zhè xiē）：[pron]these
9.花儿（huār）：[n]flower
10.是（shì）：[v]be, is ,are ,am
11.我们（wǒmen）：[pron]us, we
12.送给（sònggěi）：[v]to give
13.的（de）：[part]used after an attribute
14.六（liù）：[num]six
15.七（qī）：[num]seven
16.得（de）：[num]used after certain verbs
17.近（jìn）：[adj]near, close
18.再见（zàijiàn）：[v]goodbye

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Pronunciation systems of China

Why does every teacher would like to teach students pinyin in their first Chinese lesson? In general, pronunciation can't be derived from seeking at Chinese characters, even though sometimes characters with typical parts have comparable pronunciation. As opposed to other current written languages, Chinese characters will not be phonetic, and surely not alphabetic, but pictographic or ideographic (displaying combinations of images or symbols to convey meaning) like ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.

Therefore there has required to be a strategy of representing in composing the pronunciation of every character when teaching the language. Many systems are actually used, but pinyin may be the current standard means of writing Chinese pronunciation.

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Review 9: Review of Lesson 35~38

Review Chinese Lesson 35 to Lesson 38, talking about having a drawing class, covering shapes and colors. In addition, we are going to review double finals of Pinyin that we have learned so far. We are going to learn some new Chinese words and phrases and do dialog practices together as well.

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